Fertilizer-distributing attachment for cultivators.



No. 697,!!3. Patented Apr. 8, I902. S. TANNAHILL, .IR.

FERTILIZER DISTBIBUTQNG ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS.

(Application filed July 18, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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SAMUEL TANNAIIILL, JR., OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTING ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 697,113, dated April8, 1902.

Application filed July 18, 1901I Serial No. 68,827. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL TANNAHILL, Jr., a resident of Augusta, in thecounty of Richmond and State of Georgia,have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fertilizer-Distributing Attachments forCultivators and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved fortilizer-distributing attachmentfor cultivators, the object of the invention being to provide anattachment of this character which can be readily placed in position ona cultivator and automatically distribute the fertilizer.

A further object is to provide an attachment of this character whichwill be extremely simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, andperfect in its operation.

TVith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation,illustrating my improve- ,ments. Fig. 2 is a view in transverse section,

and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the wheel.

1 represents the central beam of a cultivator, having secured thereto atits rear end the standard of a tooth 2, and at its forward end bars 2are attached, said bars having the standards of other teeth 2 secured totheir rear ends. Suitable handles 3 are attached to central beam 1 andextend rearward and upward therefrom.

At the forward end of beam 1 a wheel a is supported in bearings betweenthe ends of U -shaped brackets 5, secured at their respective ends tothe beam, and said wheel comprises parallel metal disks 6, spaced apart,having outwardlybulged centers, securing between them a hub 7 and havingoutwardlyprojecting flanges at their periphery forming the rim of thewheel. A series of fingers or pins 8 are punched from each of said disksand are arranged in circular formation and equidistantapart, for apurpose which will be hereinafter explained.

Secured to the beam 1 is a hopper 9 for fertilizer connected with thehandles by bracerods 10. This hopper is preferably composed of sheetmetal flanged at its lower end, secured to a corresponding flange on theupper end of a spout 11 by bolts or screws 12.

Below spout 11 and normally closing the same a swinging distributer 13is located and suspended on links 14, pivotally connected at their upperends to the flanged meeting ends of the hopper and spout. To the forwardend of the distributer 13 a fork 15 is secured, and the respectivemembers of said fork 15 project on opposite sides of Wheel 4: and arebent as shown at 16, forming inclined shoulders to be struck by thefingers or pins 8 and tilt the distributer and scatter the for-- tilizerover the ground in advance of the teeth of the cultivator. A suitablesliding shutter 18 is preferably provided in spout 11 to regulate thepassage of the fertilizer.

Various slight changes might be resorted to in the general form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from thespirit and scope of the inven tion; and hence I would have it understoodthat I do not wish to limit myself to the pre cise details set forth,but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes andalterations as fairly fall within. the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an attachment for cultivators, the combination with a beam, of ahopper secured on the beam and having a flanged lower end, a spout belowthe beam, a flange on the upper end of said spout secured to the flangeat the bottom of the hopper, a distributer, links secured to the flangesand pivotally supporting the distributer, and means for shaking thelatter.

2. In an attachment for cultivators, the combination with a beam, of ahopper secured on the beam and havinga flanged lower end, a spout belowthe beam, a flange on the upper end of said spout secured to the flangeat the bottom of the hopper, a distributer, links secured to the flangesand pivotally supporting the distributer, means in the spout forregulating the discharge of fertilizer and means for shaking thedistributer.

3. In an attachment for cultivators, the combination with a beam, of ahopper thereon, a shaking distributer below the hopper, a wheelrevolubly supported on the beam and comprising two metal disks, fingerspunched from the disks and alternately disposed

